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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1984: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 24, 1984Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 May 1984404,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.7% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
404,314 km251,229 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 22, 198417:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 30, 198416:48

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.